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Dave_b
20-06-2006, 17:36
Driving along today... pissing it down and the car just started to caugh and splutter.... tryed to accelerate and nothing happened. Clutch in and it just about cut out. Gave it a wee bit of a boot and it jumped back into life.

Done this a few times, i don't have a raincatcher on yet could water be getting into somewhere it shouldn't?

Have a raincather sitting to go on.
MatBrown
20-06-2006, 17:47
Yes, Sounds like water is getting into the plugwells.



Mat.
Dave_b
20-06-2006, 17:50
So when i fire the rain catcher on that will detour the water away from that area?
Rich
20-06-2006, 17:58
yup so do it sooner rather than later!
Dave_b
20-06-2006, 18:04
Gonna get it done tonight me thinks just need to find bolts for it.
Amirclio
20-06-2006, 20:46
Sorry to piss on your bomb fire but the bonnet vent is above the exhaust manifold not the plugs/leads. I ran my car without a rain catcher for a long time and the water definately doesnt get near the roker cover.
20-06-2006, 20:50
water sits on top of the inlet on mine!

i have a valver rain catcher for sale tho
Justin..
20-06-2006, 20:52
Sorry to piss on your bomb fire but the bonnet vent is above the exhaust manifold not the plugs/leads. I ran my car without a rain catcher for a long time and the water definately doesnt get near the roker cover.

same here on my carbon bonnet , the vent is above the exhauist manifold
NaplesValver
20-06-2006, 22:05
check all the pipes that carry fuel mate, i had this last week and one o the pipes going to the head worked itself loose and was spitting petrol out.

-->NV
dan-hipgrave
21-06-2006, 17:08
I ran without a raincatcher for some time, and had no problems, but that doesnt mean to say anyone else wouldnt have problems..
Elliot150
21-06-2006, 18:45
Might not be, but mine was doing that right before i found out my head gasket had gone :(
Dave_b
22-06-2006, 16:32
have put the raincatcher on and it hasnt done it since,

Have checked the oil cap no white crap so im hoping my head gasket is alright aswell.

Strange rumbling coming from it now buckled alloy or driveshaft me thinks dunno how you can tell if it is the driveshaft or not,
BRUN
25-06-2006, 01:01
mine did that the other week when it was raining heavy, its been fine since, and i HAVE got a raincatcher on